When most of us see a watermelon, we think of fresh fruit, or a fruit salad to be a little more “adventurous”.
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In Eden Land however, the women cook with it.
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Enjoying quiet days in the village, mother and grandmother Inna shows the Eden field worker the meal she has just prepared for her family: a sweet watermelon soup, made of water, sugar and the flesh of two large watermelons harvested from their field.
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In a different Eden village, the sister-in-law of Eden farmer Isufu specilizes in her own version of watermelon & millet porridge, which the whole family finds absolutely delicious. You can trust there to be no left-overs!
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Next time I buy watermelon, I will try the Tanout way.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackThat is very interesting. I would have never thought of using a watermelon that way.
That looks really interesting and really good.
the soup isn’t cooked, is it?
I usually end up throwing half a large melon in our composter because we cannot eat it fast enough. I have never considered that there would be other ways to prepare it, but don’t think I could convince my family to eat that porridge. We waste sooo much food it is really shameful.
@Jenny: Me neither!
@Pat: I agree!
@My open road: No, it hasn’t been cooked yet, but it’s about to.
@Ruth: That is so true!
Esther: I love watermelon so I would certainly try them both.
Interesting! Millet is grass seed, right? Do they use any additional spices? What proportion do they use? I’d love to experiment with it and see if my kids will eat it.
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